Integrated environmental analysis of the main cork products in southern Europe (Catalonia - Spain)

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 289-298

  Rives, Jesús ^a,b   Fernandez Rodriguez, Ivan ^c   Rieradevall, Joan ^b,d   Gabarrell, Xavier ^b,d  

^a Inèdit Innovació SL UAB Research Park   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c Catalan Cork Institute   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agro forestry system; Carbon dioxide; Champagne cork stopper; Cork sector; Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Mediterranean; Natural cork stopper

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGROFORESTRY; CHAMPAGNE CORK STOPPERS; CORK SECTOR; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MEDITERRANEAN; NATURAL CORK;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ACIDIFICATION; CORK; EUTROPHICATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84879902450     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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